Bridget Jones has earned her placewith a statue in London’s Leicester Square, joining figures like Mary Poppins and Harry Potter.
Oscar winner Renee Zellweger, who has portrayed Bridget Jones in all four films, attended the statue’s reveal. Describing the moment, Zellweger called it “pretty crazy” and “quite a surprise.” She praised the statue, noting it captures Bridget perfectly with her hair tied back, a mini skirt, a pen, and a diary.
The character of Bridget Jones was created by author Helen Fielding more than 30 years ago in a newspaper column exploring Bridget’s love life. Her first book, Bridget Jones’s Diary, was published in 1996, followed by three more.
The story was adapted into a 2001 film starring Zellweger alongside Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, and subsequent films – Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016), and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025) – continued the character’s adventures on the big screen.
Fielding expressed pride in Bridget Jones’s lasting appeal, saying, “My daughter’s generation now like Bridget, and that means a huge amount to me because it hardly ever happens.”
The statue forms part of the Scenes in the Square trail, a collection of sculptures celebrating beloved film characters in Leicester Square — a hotspot for movie premieres. The trail began in 2020 and features other cultural icons, such as Laurel and Hardy and Batman.